https://mastodon.social/@persagen/113507028148383483 persagen@mastodon.social - Indigenous tribes engineered British Columbia’s modern hazelnut forests 7000+ years ago
https://www.science.org/content/article/indigenous-tribes-engineered-british-columbia-s-modern-hazelnut-forests-more-7000-years

• genetic analysis
• could help First Nations secure land rights in Cdn courts
• actively cultivated crop
• transported hazelnuts 800 km
• cultivate nutritious/reliable food source in new regions

Genetic differentiation/precolonial Indigenous cultivation of hazelnut
https://www.pnas.org/doi/abs/10.1073/pnas.2402304121

#Canada #Indigenous #BC #BritishColumbia #cultivation #anthropology #LandRights

The Healing Work of Returning Stolen Lands

https://www.yesmagazine.org/issue/a-new-social-justice/2021/11/15/return-stolen-lands-wiyot-tribe

It was the first time in the United States that a city government had ever given land back to its ancestral caretakers, and it was a profound testament to the power of the organizing, strength, and vision of Wiyot people.

#stolen #lands #landrights #ancestral #caretakers #Wiyot #tribe #yesmagazine